Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing purchasers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel kinds of air travel fuel deemed less hazardous to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the clearly less [attractive meat](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and committed to cutting in [half carbon](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions could make company jets more attractive to ecologically mindful purchasers - especially corporations [facing concerns](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less polluting personal jets might also spare the abundant and well-known the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent [private](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jet trip to [southern France](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
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<br>Five [Gulfstream jets](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) on display screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent [waste-based fuels](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can produce, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic usage of personal jets to ensure his household's security, and has said that on the rare occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included fresh obstacles for an [industry](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) currently making every effort to justify its contribution to [cutting business](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [remodeling -](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out planes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about [high-end](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel [analyst Richard](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) .<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for [sustainable fuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) now far surpasses supply and their interest might [drive future](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are also seeing more interest from clients who wish to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, [stated emissions](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) played a function in a corporate jet usage study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, cost per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think people are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Hudson)<br>
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